competition

In an area of increasing risk and complexity, our competition lawyers provide straightforward, practical and commercial advice.

The consequences of failing to comply with the competition rules are serious. Businesses face the possibility of multi-million pound fines and damages actions. Their employees face the prospect of criminal sanctions and director disqualification. Our aim is to guide you through these risks and provide business centred solutions.

Our lawyers routinely deal with all aspects of competition law, advising nationals and multinationals, regulated utilities and the public sector. In the past year our competition lawyers have advised clients on issues such as defending OFT investigations, appeals to the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the application of merger control rules to international joint venture arrangements and bespoke compliance programmes for national and international businesses. Our competition team's services include:

• the application of competition law to commercial agreements including supply, distribution, IP and joint venture arrangements
• UK, EU and multi-jurisdictional merger control
• competition authority investigations and dawn raids
• appeals against competition authority decisions
• competition law complaints and disputes
• compliance programmes including competition law audits
• state aid
• public procurement

Results: guiding clients through the complexities of competition law compliance with clear, pragmatic and business focussed advice